Colin Firth to join Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns

Posted 10 years ago

While I'm still questioning the need for a sequel to MARY POPPINS, after all, the original was practically perfect in every way, Disney seems to be packing the film full of so many talented individuals that it's becoming awfully difficult...

Emily Mortimer joins up with Mary Poppins Returns

Posted 10 years ago

When it comes to remakes, particularly those of classic and beloved films, most of us are rightfully skeptical, but Disney is making it awfully difficult to have anything bad to say about the upcoming MARY POPPINS RETURNS, which, to be...

Disney lures Lin-Manuel Miranda under the sea for live-action Little Mermaid

Posted 10 years ago

If you were to ask me what my Top Five Movies of this summer were at this very moment, you'd probably end up with a list that included CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, BAD MOMS and then three spots occupied for...

Ben Whishaw joining the cast of Mary Poppins Returns

Posted 10 years ago

Ben Whishaw is in talks to become a part of Disney's MARY POPPINS RETURNS. The actor, who would join the likes of Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Meryl Streep on the film, would play a grown-up Michael Banks 20 years...

Meryl Streep to join Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns

Posted 10 years ago

It may have taken over fifty years, but a sequel to Disney's classic MARY POPPINS is on the way, whether you want it or not. Even if you're not completely on-board with Disney revisiting the magical nanny, you can't fault...

Hamilton’s Phillipa Soo re-teams with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Disney’s Moana

Posted 10 years ago

For the last few weeks, if you've managed to catch up with me when I'm not writing something for JoBlo, you've probably found me listening to the Original Broadway Cast Recording for the smash musical HAMILTON non-stop. Seriously… it's a...

Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel gets an official title and release date

Posted 10 years ago

Mary Poppins returns to the big screen in time for the holidays of 2018. No, wait… We already knew she was coming back, but the return I'm talking about is right smack in the official title Disney has given to the...

Cool Videos: Celebrate May the 4th with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s cantina song

Posted 10 years ago

When it came time to writing a cantina song for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, John Williams bowed out (been there, done that) and left the writing duties up to J.J. Abrams. As it happens, Abrams had just seen Lin-Manuel...

Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda is joining Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel

Posted 10 years ago

Disney is wasting no time at all in putting together the pieces for their MARY POPPINS sequel. With Emily Blunt coming along to play the titular musical nanny, Rob Marshall has moved onto securing his male lead and he’s gone...